Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime Minister, had Queen Victoria proclaimed as Empress of India in 1877. India was already under crown control since 1858. The title was a signal that the monarchy would have links with the...

Charles Edward Stuart, The Young Pretender, was born in Rome, on 31 December 1720. His father James Francis Edward Stuart, The Old Pretender, was financed and supported by the pope. Charles was grandson of James II,...

On 30 December 1460, one of the most decisive battles in the Wars of the Roses commenced: The Battle of Wakefield. Not only a pivotal battle, Wakefield is a prime example of using intellect over courage...

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, is one of those names you have probably heard thrown around when reading about the Jacobean and Caroline eras. He has been hailed the most influential figure of the 17th century,...

Thomas Becket was born in 1118 or 1120 according to varying accounts to a family of merchants of French origin. Educated first at Merton Priory, then in Paris, Bologna and Auxerre, Thomas made a name for...

Many are familiar with the history of Westminster Abbey and it origin beginning with Edward the Confessor. Did you know that a number of religious buildings were located on the site by the Thames prior to...

As with the Christmas card, another tradition began during Victorian times that the Royal Family still holds dear to this day, the Christmas cracker. Tom Smith, a British confectioner came up with a new way to...

Sir Henry Cole fancied sending something different to his colleagues other than the typical Christmas letter. In 1843, he decided rather than writing individual letters which took some time and patience due to the amount of...

Seventy-five years ago, on 3rd December 1939, the most feisty of Queen Victoria’s children died at Kensington Palace, aged 91. Princess Louise, through marriage to a Duke, had become a rare example of a Princess who...

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